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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Hi everyone!It’s
Heide here as your hostess this week for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2
team.For those of you visiting us for
the first time, we welcome you to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 sketch
challenge!We are so happy to have you
join us!And for those loyal followers
of our weekly challenge, we welcome you back and thank you for your support! I just had to add the beach picture to help most of us here in the States to get past the cold spell that we have been having. Enjoy and Dream

Let’s get started this week by announcing the top 3 picks of
last week’s challenge…..

Here is a little info about Heather the talented artist and owner at Lacy Sunshine.

Heather
Valentin is creative ,
award winning, modern-day fantasy and
whimsical artist who has
displayed a dynamic and vibrant energy while painting professionally for over
18 years.

She began to express herself creatively through
movement at a very young age.

For many years she
studied dance, being drawn to forms that allowed creative self expression, all
the while feeling this constant urge to create with her hands. The canvas is
now her dance floor where color, beauty and drama are expressed through her
every pencil sketch and brush stroke.
Her subjects vary from fairies, fantasy,
mermaids, vampires, dragons, wildlife, abstract and more. She is one who is
inspired in a single moment. Her dreams,
moods and the the unfolding beauty of the world around her is what charts her
dance for the day. She is most alive when sketching and painting, creating
timeless pieces that reflect her heart and soul. Drawing breathes life into her
soul- it enables her to reach out and touch lives. This gives her a place in
the world one character and painting at a time.

Heather's artist portfolio has
expanded to include such
clients as Pepsi, Outback Steakhouse, Nabisco,
Zephryhils and can now be found at Laguna Art, Third Stone Art Gallery and
Sausalito Art Galleries, along with commercial and private collections across the globe. Her latest foray is
to immortalize her popular drawn characters Eleanor and Pickles in a children's
book of their own.

Here is this weeks Blast from the past sketch. That was posted back in April 2013!

We love to see your creations each week. The rules for playing along can be found by clicking the CHALLENGE RULES tab at the top of the page.

Please remember to comment on this post to be eligible to win.

Also... check us out on Facebook, we feature a few cards each week and preview the Sketch every Tuesday...visit us by clicking HERE!!

If you are new to our Challenge Blog and are not a Follower, we have a great prize package that will be going our to one of our Followers once we hit 200! So, why not subscribe to our Challenge Blog - you could be the lucky Follower!!

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Hey there friends - Happy Wednesday!!
It's Sally back again as your hostess this week. I am writing this Blog Post from Snowy Massachusetts!! We are having record breaking weather this winter!! My yard is unrecognizable under over 4 feet of snow!! Shoveling our walkway yesterday, the snow drifts are well over 5 feet deep... Driving around the side streets is like going through a maze of snow. Thankfully, we have not had any major problems, the roof is holding, the power has not gone out and the snow blower is working (after a trip to the mechanic), so all in all Life is Good!! Here's a picture of my humble abode before this week's Blizzard... so, it looks much the same, just add another foot of snow!!

Spring is only Five Weeks Away!! Woo Hoo!!

Before we get started with our new challenge, it's time announce last week's winner of $10 coupon to the Doodle Pantry!!...

#1 Mel C.!!

Please e-mail Sally at sallydubessw@gmail.com to claim your prize!!

Here, in no particular order, is the list of our TOP THREE cards from last week's challenge...

#11 Ruza

#19 Marilyn

#23 Bettina

Well done ladies!! Please grab your badge from our sidebar for your blog. We are so lucky to have so many AMAZING artists stop by and participate every week.

It's the third week of the month already which means that this week,we have Sally-Ann Hancock from Digistamp Boutique sponsoring us. So many darling images! Sally-Ann releases new sets the second week of each month!! You can check out this month's new releases by clicking on tis link>>> Februry 15th. Here's a bit more about Sally-Ann and her shop:

My work means the world to me - it allows my passion to draw and create, to fit with my family life too, often the inspiration for my designs. Hope you enjoy my images as much as I enjoy creating them.

This week we are offering a £10 voucher to Sally-Ann's store as our prize! Yippee!

Now, on to this week's sketch…

Let's see what the Design team has created for your inspiration this week...

We love to see your creations each week. The rules for playing along can be found by clicking the CHALLENGE RULES tab at the top of the page.

Please remember to comment on this post to be eligible to win.

Also... check us out on Facebook, we feature a few cards each week and preview the Sketch every Tuesday...visit us by clicking HERE!!

If you are new to our Challenge Blog and are not a Follower, we have a great prize package that will be going our to one of our Followers once we hit 200! So, why not subscribe to our Challenge Blog - you could be the lucky Follower!!

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Welcome friends! This is Sharon from the design team posting today, and on behalf of the whole team I'd like to say we're so happy to have you visit us here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2! If you're new to our sketch challenge site, we are thrilled you found us and hope you'll play along with us. And if you are one of our regular followers, we are so grateful for your loyalty and the creativity you share with us week after week.

Before we announce last week's winners, I'd like to welcome our surprise guest creator this week and everyone's favorite sketch artist... ARLANA PATTEN! Welcome back to Sweet Sketch Wednesday Arlana! Scroll down to see Arlana's amazing creations this week! We also welcome back Arlana's sisters, Judi and Nancy. Gosh it's so wonderful to have the whole family creating with us this week!

Now let's recognize our Grand Prize Winner and Top Three from last week's challenge sponsored by A Day For Daisies...

The Grand Prize Winner of the challenge and recipient of a $12 gift certificate to A Day For Daisies is:

#6 Carla!!

Congratulations! To claim your prize, please email Sally Dube at sallydubessw@gmail.com and be sure to grab the winner badge from the sidebar to display on your blog.

In no specific order, the Top Three are:

1. #8 Granne

2. #9 Paperesse

3. #16 Olivia

Congratulations to all three of you! You can grab the Top Three badge from sidebar for displaying on your blogs.

There were so many wonderful entries in last week's challenge - you inspire all of us here at SSW2!

Now on to this week and the new sketch to follow...

Here you go - a fantastic sketch that has a lot of personality, quick to put together and offers lots of possibilities in terms of embellishments. We sure hope you you'll join us in the challenge!

We are just thrilled to have Laurie Wilson and her company Doodle Pantry as our sponsor this week. Doodle Pantry takes pride in creating a diverse selection of doodling styles, like realistic or whimsical, and all of which are family and kid friendly illustrations. You will enjoy the wide variety of styles for every family occasion!

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Hi everyone! It’s Sally as your hostess this week for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 team and I'm here in Massachusetts.

I am excited for February as it brings us one month closer to Spring. We have had over 3 feet of snow in the last week here in Southern Massachusetts. My sister and her husband rode down to our Beach House on Cape Cod and snapped this picture of the water front. I love the beauty of Winter, but am ready for warmer temps!!

On to our Challenge...

For those of you visiting us for the first time, we welcome you to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 sketch challenge!We are so happy to have you join us!And for those loyal followers of our weekly challenge, we welcome you back and thank you for your ongoing support! We all look forward to seeing the amazing creativity you share with us week after week. Remember to subscribe to our blog. There's a drawing for some goodies when we reach 200 followers!

Let’s get started this week by announcing the winners of last week’s challenge…..

Congratulations! Please email me at sallydubessw@gmail.com to claim your prize and be sure to grab your winner’s badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

Our Top Three in no particular order are:

#4 Nessy

#9 Jen

#11 Bettina

Beautiful work ladies!! Please grab your Top 3 badge from the sidebar and post it on your blog!

Now, on to this week’s Sketch...

Sketch #43

Just create your card using the sketch above to qualify for the grand prize this week. The challenge rules are posted in the tab above – just be sure to post a picture of the sketch with your card on your blog to be eligible to win our grand prize and to make the Top 3.

Our sponsor this week is the wonderful

Tammy Thompson the owner and designer of

A Day for Daisies

A Day For Daisies began as a small token to a constant need to create. Pairing a love of whimsical illustration, with a tidy graphic design background, Tammy S Thompson, produced her first stamp designs, introducing irresistibly sweet stamps to crafters around the globe. Drawing inspiration from the beautiful world around us, she strives to express the happiness and gratitude she feels in each stamp design she creates.

Presently, A Day For Daisies has grown to over 3,000 Digital Stamps with a quickly expanding line of Best Loved Clear Polymer. A Day For Daisies has been published and awarded over the years for innovative and unique designs created to inspire the crafting community. With a whole team behind her now, she remains passionate about illustration, obsessed with quality, and dedicated to her customers. A Day For Daisies thanks you for your ideas, comments, and creativity!

Thank you Tammy so much for letting us create with your amazing images!Now on to see what the Design Team has created!!

I am so excited to welcome a new member to the Team!!

Anne Puddicombe has been a faithful Follower of Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for some time now. She is an avid card maker (14 years!!), loves to scrapbook and also does Cross Stitch!! Anne and her husband live in West Yorkshire England.

Welcome Anne - We are all so glad to have you on our Team!! Be sure to stop by her Blog and leave her some love!!

Lots of Inspiration for you this week!! We hope these samples get your creative juices flowing and you join in our challenge. The rules for playing along can be found by clicking the CHALLENGE RULES tab at the top of the page.

Just a reminder - you must leave a comment on this post to be eligible to win. Also... check us out on Facebook, we feature a few cards from our challenge participants each week and preview the new sketch every Tuesday.